Right then, this is my new daily! (project car: retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=91474&page=1)
1992 VW polo CL. 1.3, 5 speed, and fully awesome!
My old daily was my seat arosa 1.0l which was far too reliable and sounded like a dyson and was about 15 years too modern for my liking - bought because i was talked into the idea by boring parents and grandparents.
Everybody thinks I'm mad, but I'm sure you lot don't!
This is the pic from the advert, it was 200 miles-ish away in Wolverhampton
Went to see it and got a really good vibe about the car, had it up on the ramp and checked it all out before handing over £400.
Went to collect it a few days later, the car having had an MOT, and set off on the journey home. 15 miles later, on the motorway, the rear wheel bearing decided to let go and the rest of the evening was spent on the back of an AA van. Not the end of the world, just one of those things....
Once home, got the car up in the air and both rear hubs off. The seized side welded itself to the stub axle and had to be cut off....
And the other side, which i was checking as a matter of course, had previously had the same treatment, only from a monkey it seems.....!
So, both stub axles replaced @£21 each from GSF, along with bearings and rear drums etc
Since then i have done the waterpump and cambelt, which all went well.
It would seem however that the car has had some very bad work carried out on it and has had a dodgy MOT.
Both front shocks have immediately started leaking oil (still passes the bounce test tho'), the strut top mounts are rattling around like theres no tomorrow, and various other little faults.
I have spoken to the dealer about this and he is appalled at the garage that carried out the work and has refunded me £50 for my trouble and parts bought. Not much but at least its somethings, and I'm still not disapointed in the car because I would have probably still bought it if it was twice the price.
On the to do list are:
Buy and fit uprated shocks and lowering springs
Refurb arosa wheels and get decent tyres fitted
Polybush the whole car
Fit decent stereo and some front and rear speakers (not huge things though, i don't like that)
Fit new aeriel
Have a dent guy out to sort some parking dents
and no doubt plenty of other stuff.
Heres to retro daily driving!
Steve
1992 VW polo CL. 1.3, 5 speed, and fully awesome!
My old daily was my seat arosa 1.0l which was far too reliable and sounded like a dyson and was about 15 years too modern for my liking - bought because i was talked into the idea by boring parents and grandparents.
Everybody thinks I'm mad, but I'm sure you lot don't!
This is the pic from the advert, it was 200 miles-ish away in Wolverhampton
Went to see it and got a really good vibe about the car, had it up on the ramp and checked it all out before handing over £400.
Went to collect it a few days later, the car having had an MOT, and set off on the journey home. 15 miles later, on the motorway, the rear wheel bearing decided to let go and the rest of the evening was spent on the back of an AA van. Not the end of the world, just one of those things....
Once home, got the car up in the air and both rear hubs off. The seized side welded itself to the stub axle and had to be cut off....
And the other side, which i was checking as a matter of course, had previously had the same treatment, only from a monkey it seems.....!
So, both stub axles replaced @£21 each from GSF, along with bearings and rear drums etc
Since then i have done the waterpump and cambelt, which all went well.
It would seem however that the car has had some very bad work carried out on it and has had a dodgy MOT.
Both front shocks have immediately started leaking oil (still passes the bounce test tho'), the strut top mounts are rattling around like theres no tomorrow, and various other little faults.
I have spoken to the dealer about this and he is appalled at the garage that carried out the work and has refunded me £50 for my trouble and parts bought. Not much but at least its somethings, and I'm still not disapointed in the car because I would have probably still bought it if it was twice the price.
On the to do list are:
Buy and fit uprated shocks and lowering springs
Refurb arosa wheels and get decent tyres fitted
Polybush the whole car
Fit decent stereo and some front and rear speakers (not huge things though, i don't like that)
Fit new aeriel
Have a dent guy out to sort some parking dents
and no doubt plenty of other stuff.
Heres to retro daily driving!
Steve
The same goes for wheel bearings.
